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SAM'S WEB SITE
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Date: 8-22-2011
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Number of Hours: 3.40
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Brief Description: Continued riveting right flap
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Today and tonight I riveted the top skins to the ribs, what a pain! Very difficult to get your hand and a bucking bar in position to buck the top skin rivets. But, got it done and then put the spar in place to begin riveting. One of the rivets in the inboard end reinforcing plate was near a cleco in the skin, which deflected the pneumatic squeezer just as it was closing. The set hit the rivet head with the edge instead of the inside of the cup, and took a hunk out of it. Looks like crap, but is pretty strong, and the other 4 in that joint make the whole area very rigid, so will let it stay. I thought about drilling it out, but could not get the drill to stay in the center punched hole, so decided it would be better to let it stay than chew up the whole bottom corner. Got the spar riveted to the ribs, and called it a night.
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Spar riveted to the ribs, ready to rivet the skins.
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Real pretty rivet head.
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Remembered to rivet the spar to the ribs first this time.
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